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The SPIRIT Consortium Expands Its Membership as a

California Non-Profit Entity

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 6, 2006 – Following on the heels of an extremely successful general meeting at DAC 2006, The SPIRIT Consortium™, a global non-profit organization focused on establishing multi-faceted IP/tool integration standards that drive sustainable growth in electronic design, today announced the addition of four new members.  The SPIRIT Consortium’s membership roster has expanded to welcome Cisco, CodeSourcery, and Semifore Inc., all as reviewing members.  TIMA SLS Group has also joined as an Associate member, helping to bring the early-release specifications into the European research community.

The organization has four classes of members.  These include the Board Member companies, Contributing Members who dedicate engineering resources to the technical working groups, Reviewing Members who help validate ALPHA and BETA versions of the specifications, and Associate Members who are non-profit organizations and research institutes interested in early release developments within The Consortium.

The SPIRIT Consortium provides the high quality IP-XACT™ specification for documenting IP using XML meta-data and interfacing tools using APIs that access design meta-data descriptions of complete system designs.  The Consortium tunes the specifications it delivers to the requirements of the industry, and it is focused on enabling technologies for the efficient design of electronic systems from concept to production. It is actively engaged with other standards organizations, building general industry alignment and providing a route to IEEE standardization for the specifications that it produces.

About The Consortium

The SPIRIT Consortium is a global organization focused on establishing multi-faceted IP/tool integration standards that drive sustainable growth in electronic design.  It is comprised of leading EDA, IP, system integration, and semiconductor companies dedicated to the adoption of a unified set of specifications for configuring, integrating, and verifying IP in advanced SoC design tool sets.  For more information on The SPIRIT Consortium and its goals, please visit www.spiritconsortium.org.

For more information about The Spirit Consortium, please contact Jayne Scheckla at 503-685-4833 or jayne_scheckla@mentor.com.

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